Patient exhibit synthesis
Fri, May 14, 2027 · Week 17 · Human Anatomy & Physiology (Human Body Systems)
Today's goal: Students will synthesize their lab evidence into a patient-perspective exhibit as a project team.
What a finished product looks like
This is a model of the work you should turn in today. Use it to check your own: match the structure and the level of detail, do not copy it. Your data and wording should be your own.
Patient narrative (one sentence): Marisol is 34, tired and swollen for months, and just learned she has polycystic kidney disease that is slowly damaging her kidneys.
Panel 1, Urinalysis (CER):
- Claim: Marisol's kidneys are leaking protein.
- Evidence: her urine protein read 2+ (about 100 mg/dL) versus a normal range of negative to trace.
- Reasoning: healthy filtration keeps protein in the blood, so protein in the urine means the glomerulus is damaged.
Panel 2, Enzyme digestion (CER):
- Claim: Marisol's digestion still works, so her fatigue is not a digestive-enzyme problem.
- Evidence: her amylase tube broke down starch (iodine stayed amber) while the control did not.
- Reasoning: normal enzyme activity points the cause of her symptoms back to the kidneys, not the gut.
Panel 3, PKD genetics (CER):
- Claim: Marisol's kidney damage has a genetic cause.
- Evidence: her gel showed a band matching the PKD1 marker.
- Reasoning: a PKD1 variant causes cysts that slowly crush working nephrons, which explains the protein in her urine.
Panel assignments:
- Panel 1 Urinalysis: Jordan.
- Panel 2 Enzyme digestion: Alex.
- Panel 3 PKD genetics: Priya.
- Narrative and layout: whole team.
(Tip: keep the same patient at the center of every panel so the exhibit tells one story instead of three separate lab reports.)
This model shows the level of evidence and organization needed to complete: Drafts a patient-perspective exhibit outline that ties each lab result to a patient's story in claim-evidence-reasoning panels and assigns each teammate a panel.
- Date and label the entry.
- Record the procedure, observation, or design decision clearly.
- End with what the evidence means and the next step.
Keep the structure. Replace the question, facts, measurements, and evidence. Then recheck units, vocabulary, and whether the conclusion goes beyond the evidence.
Also due today: Submit your exhibit outline on the class site, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class.
Claim ceiling: The supplied lesson evidence can support an observation, pattern, classroom mechanism, or next-step decision about Patient exhibit synthesis. It cannot by itself prove causation, establish a real clinical diagnosis, or justify action outside this classroom task.
WebXam problem for today's skill
One exam-style question that uses exactly what you practiced today. Try it before you reveal the answer, then read why each choice is right or wrong.
Tap an answer to see the full explanation. Nothing is recorded or graded.
It builds this reusable test skill: Connecting a lab result to the patient experience in a CER panel.
- Name the concept or data pattern being tested.
- Cross out choices that violate that rule or the evidence.
- Justify the best remaining choice before checking the answer.